Report Shows Minorities Hurt By Environmental Injustice: Katrina Response Is No Anomaly
March 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following media advisory was released today by the United Church of Christ:
WHAT: To announce follow-up study to the landmark “Toxic Waste and Race in the United States” report WHO: — Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo, Executive Minister, United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries; — Dr. Carlos J. Correa Bernier, Minister for Environmental Justice, United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries — Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Department of Sociology, Clark Atlanta University — Ms. Suzie Canales, founder, Citizens for Environmental Justice, Corpus Christi, TX WHERE: Thursday, March 22, 2007, 9:30 am, National Press Club, Washington, DC WHY: On the 20th anniversary of the release of the 1987 report “Toxic Waste and Race in the United States,” the new report “Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty 1987-2007, again reveals clear racial patterns in where waste sites are located and the way the government responds or does not respond to contamination emergencies in people of color communities. The full text of the report will be released on Earth Day, April 22.
United Church of Christ
CONTACT: Carlos Correa, +1-216-736-3722, +1-630-926-4041 (cell),correac@ucc.org, or Sandy Sorensen, +10202-365-6514 (cell), sorenses@ucc.org,both of the United Church of Christ
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